{"title":"Psychiatric hospitalization and managed care in conflict.","authors":"A B Lewis","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The managed-care concurrent review process often results in denied or limited coverage of psychiatric inpatient care due to reviewers' misconceptions about psychiatric hospitalization and in an effort to achieve savings. For employers, such decisions may cost more in the long run.</p>","PeriodicalId":79665,"journal":{"name":"Journal of health care benefits","volume":"3 2","pages":"34-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of health care benefits","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The managed-care concurrent review process often results in denied or limited coverage of psychiatric inpatient care due to reviewers' misconceptions about psychiatric hospitalization and in an effort to achieve savings. For employers, such decisions may cost more in the long run.